David Knott Demystifying the Circular Economy Responsible Business Summit Wednesday 5 October 2016
Waste resource Management Secondary raw materials Circular Economy Production Consumption Waste resource Management Secondary raw materials Innovation Investment Marketing Monitoring
Belfast Harbour’s approach Level 1 Tidying Level 2 Transactional Level 3 Transitional Level 4 Transformational
Level 1 - Tidying Collect existing waste and find alternative uses Healthy Seas project: 5 Countries 3 Years 160 Tonnes of fishing net recovered Prevents marine animals from becoming entangled Regenerating the nets produces enough ‘yarn’ for more than 4 million pairs of socks!
Level 2 - Transactional Symbiosis workshops Harness local synergies Local waste to resource E.g. Cable drums Tyres Plastic containers
Level 3 - Transitional Utilises existing: Infrastructure Resources Markets Facilitated diversion of 120k tonnes of municipal waste from landfill for use as refuse derived fuel (RDF) in European energy from waste plants during 2016 Supported development of Full Circle Energy from Waste plant to supply heat and power to Bombardier using locally sourced RDF
Level 4 - Transformational Planning approval secured for anaerobic digestion plant Clean energy hub Joint project with Agri AD and QUB CASE Input - 70k tonnes of organic feedstock/year Output - up to 2MW electricity, or 4 million cubic metres biomethane
Level 4 - Transformational